Protecting Private Information on Smart Phones(schneier.com)

21 pointsby adambyrtek15 anni fa5 comments

Protecting Private Information on Smart Phones

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/06/protecting_priv.html

5 comments

Looks like a cut down version of LBE Privacy Guard - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lbe.security

Selective permissions sounds like a bad idea to me. I can just see users thinking, "Why does my music player need access to my call state?" Disallow. Waaaah, why does my music not stop when a call comes in? 1 star. For the most part, developers know what permissions their app needs, and they're not adding permissions without good reason. Maybe there should be a place to explain what they need them for to the users, but allowing users to turn them off will just lead to headaches.

pasbesoin15 anni fa

Selective Permissions For Android

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2684449

also

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=moxie

pdebruic15 anni fa

Also WhisperCore http://www.whispersys.com/whispercore.html

ltamake15 anni fa

It could be ported to the iPhone and made available through Cydia, since Apple will NEVER agree to that (as the author noted).